Bottle support



Jan.1s,1949. I Q MC R 2,459,245

BOTTLE SUPPORT I Filed Nov. 25, 1947 INVENTOR. ORIE J/NCLA/R 71mm ym Ati'orn e ys Patented Jan. 18, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOTTLESUPPORT Orie I. Sinclair, Wilmington, Calif.

Application November 25, 1947, Serial No. 788,030

3 Claims. 1 This invention relates to improvements in bottle hangers orsupports and more particularly to an improved device for supporting abottle,

such as a drainage bottle, on a bed or bed-side stand.

Various medical treatments require drainage facilities and some requirethe use of such facilities over extend-ed periods of time. In thetreatment of bladder ailments, for example, it is customary to irrigateand drain the bladder, using a flexible tube and a standard 1000 cc.drainage bottle. At the present time the drainage bottle is secured tothe bed, or to a stand adjacent the bed, by a strip of bandage material,adhesive tape or similar material, and the end of the tube at the bottleis similarly tied in place. Under such conditions the removal of thebottle for emptying or cleaning and replacement of the bottle is adifficult and time-consuming operation that frequently involvesaccidental spilling of the contents of the bottle.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improvedbottle-supporting device that is small in size and of light weight, andmay be quickly and easily secured to a bottle for ready removaltherefrom when desired, which may be hung from the structure of the bedor stand and quickly attached and removed without any danger ofaccidentally spilling the contents of the bottle, which provides asuitable clip for securing the drainage tube in proper position relativeto the bottle, and which can be economically manufactured of inexpensivematerial.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a considerationof the following description in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure l is a cross-sectional view of a fragmentary portion of a bedshowing in side elevation a bottle support illustrative thereto;

Figure 2 is a plan view of a strip of material which provides the bandsurrounding the bottle neck, as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section of the improved bottle support on asomewhat enlarged scale; and,

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the bottle support illustrated in Figures1 and 3.

of the invention applied With continued reference to the drawing, the

rubber drainage tube which leads from the F a: an upper tubular bar l6and a lower tubular bar iii H. The bed is illustrated principally toindicate the manner of supporting the bottle hanger from a side bar ofthe bed, but it is to be understood that the hanger may be operativelyattached to a bedside stand or other convenient article of furniture aswell as to the bed.

The hanger itself comprises, in general, a bottle neck-encircling bandl8, a wire bracket IS, a screw 20, and a wing nut 2| for the screw.

The band I8 may be conveniently formed from an elongated strip of thinflexible material, such as thin sheet metal, having parallel-arcuatelongitudinal edges and substantially semi-circular ends and apertures 22disposed one adjacent each end of the strip medially of the widththereof. While the strip constituting the band l8 may be formed of anysuitable material, a material such as stainless steel is preferredbecause of its non-corrosive properties.

When the strip illustrated in Figure 2 is bent to annular form about theneck of a bottle it has a frustro-conical shape, as illustrated inFigure 1, and the smaller end engages the bead l2 at the outer end ofthe bottle neck to firmly secure the bottle in the band. The rounded endportions are bent outwardly, substantially at right angles to theremainder of the strip to provide a pair of apertured ears 23 to whichthe bracket I9 is attached by the screw '20,

Bracket I9 is preferably formed of a length of wire of suitablestiffness and preferably of a noncorrosive material, such as stainlesssteel. This bracket has a substantially straight shank portion 24 at oneend of which is provided an integral curved hook 25 having a roundedloop 26 at the outer end thereof and at the opposite end of the shank isprovided a substantially circular-apertured lug 21 which is insertiblebetween the apertured ears 23 of band l8 and receives the screw 20, asis clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

A substantially straight stem 28 extends from lug 21 along the shank 24part way of the length of the shank and has its outer ends turnedoutwardly substantially at right angles thereto and provided with acurved hook 29 smaller than hook 25 which provides a clip for securingtube II in operative position relative to bottle H], as is clearlyillustrated in Figure l. The outer endlof clip 29 is also preferablyprovided with a substantially circular loop 30 of small diameter toeliminate any sharp points or edges at the ends of the clip.

In the arrangement illustrated, shank 24 and stem 28 diverge away fromlug 29 at a small angle relative to eachother but this angle maybevaried-- m as desired to bring the tube clip 29 in proper operativeposition above the small open end of"v band l8.

Screw 2D is inserted through the apertures-Lina ears 23 and through theapertures in lug 21 which V between the apertured end portions of saidband,

lug is disposed between the ears, andwing nufl'zl is threaded down onthe screw-etcclampthez'lug p between the ears and simultaneously clampthe band IB about the neck of the bottle to'fir'mly secure the bottleneck in the band. The entire device is simple inconstructiom re quiri'ngonlyfour. different parts; is highly eife'ce tivei andxeflicientr inuse,. as is clearly'apparenti from an inspectionnof 'Figure l, is'convenientrto usean'd supports the bottleifrom the'bedror. stand rstructure: insa manner such that thebo'ttle can-1 besqui-cklyland:easily emptied without danger-soft spilling the contents thereofandmayb'e replacede; whentne'cessary-or desirable.

The s invention rmay be embodied: :in i'oth'era; specificzformsz'without departing:from;;the:'spirit J t or essentialcharacteristics thereof The1present z embodimentis, therefore, tobe.:considered;;in all respects as -illustrativeand not restrictivegsthe.& scope-50f: the. invention being indicated byi-the appended claimsrather than bythe foregoingta description; and all changes whichcomexwithin the meaning and range of equivalencygof'sthe claims are,therefore, intended to :bexembracedm. therein. 1* 40 Whatisclaimedis: 1. A bottle supportcomprisinga splitiiannulari bandiadaptedto surround and engagethenecksuf; a bottle andhaving. anaapertured eanateaohend 4 thereof, a wire bracket having a curved hook at one end, anapertured lug at the opposite end, a shank portion extending betweensaid hook and said lug, a stem extendin from said lug along said shankand having an end portion directed away from said shank, a curved tubeclip provided by said stem end portion, and a fastening element insertedthrough the apertures in said ears and said lugs to secure said bandtpsaid b ketand simultaneousiysecure said band to neck of a bottlereceived therein,

2. A bottle support comprising an annular band of'thin flexible materialadapted to surround a bottle-Fneck and having apertured end portions,and a bracket having an apertured lug insertible a lhooki-iontcsaidrbracket adapted to engage the structure of a bed or stand, a tube clipon said bracket btween said lug and said hook and positioned to overliesaid band, and a screw fastener inserted: throughsatheeapertured end::pontionsmf saida'bandfi and: said apertured: lug to operativelyiuconnectzsaidzband to said-bracket: A 3. 5A bottle support comprisinganiannulareban of frustro-conical shape adapted to surround: bottle.neck with its smalleriendt engaging thebea'd at -the outer :end of .suchbottle neck;;- s aid band comprising a strip 0fthin;-fieXib1e-.rnaterial hav ingoutwardly ;directed,-* apertured; end,portions. providing; aperturedsearsi or attaching-said1-band i toabracket;--a wire bracket hayingra shankpor; t-ion,:-arcurvedvhookeattoner-end ofx-said shank-lr, portion; an. apertured lugat ;-the. oppositeiend-ioi 4.1;. said =-shank portionrand-insertiblebetween said ears, a stem -.extending fromsaid lug; :along saidshank-rportion, and a 7 tube clinc ,the end-pf said in stem a .remote a from;said lug ;,r a; screw, extendingir; through saidiaperturedearsand. saidl1 1gs; -:a1,1d-ias. nutionasaid screw, toclamp: saidrearsiagainstsaido:

lugs and simultaneously, clamp saidband; abouta a :i

bottle neck received thereinhq 1;, I ORIEL SINCLAIR 2 w No referencescited

